On Friday, Southern Valley hosted an 18-team tournament with eight RPAC schools in attendance. It was a milestone moment from the start as Sutherland's Luke Harper secured his 100th career pin. Congratulations to Luke! To go along with that, the Southern Valley Invite is now named after Southern Valley Head Wrestling Coach, Rudy Glur. A lot of awesome things happened during the day. Now, let's dive into the results.
Team Places
Chase County - 151.5
Southern Valley - 112
Sutherland - 101
Red Cloud/Blue Hill (RCBH) - 98.5
Wilcox-Hildreth - 96
Alma - 89.5
Loomis - 88
Atwood-Rawlins County, KS - 81
Sedgwick County/Fleming (SC/F) - 76.5
Arapahoe - 64
Franklin - 54.5
Summerland - 49.5
Norton, KS - 48
Hitchcock County - 45.5
Sandhills/Thedford - 38.5
Bertrand - 36
Wauneta-Palisade - 31
Medicine Valley - 3
Voted the Most Outstanding Wrestler award was Scotty Engle of Sedgwick County/Fleming at 144 pounds.
Alma
Canon Williamson placed 4th at 106 pounds, defeated by Southern Valley's Bryton Stalder by fall in 2:15.
Josh Russell placed 2nd at 113 pounds, falling to Carter Tramble of Franklin in 5:06.
At 120 pounds, Tucker Brandyberry placed 2nd to Sutherland's Scotty Anderson by tech fall.
Bryson Shriver placed 3rd at 120 pounds, defeating Brendan Booe of Loomis by fall in 2:31.
At 190 pounds, Jeremy Felix placed 1st, defeating Ethan Rabou of Sandhills/Thedford by fall in 3:48.
Arapahoe
Briggs Hill placed 2nd at 144 pounds as he was defeated by Scotty Engle of SC/F by fall in 2:03.
At 285, Jacen Smith placed 3rd, defeating Trey Broeker of Southern Valley by a 6-0 decision.
Bertrand
Dylan Wendell placed 4th at 113 pounds as he was defeated by Nathan Gonzales of SC/F by fall in 0:52.
At 157 pounds, Rhett Brown placed 4th as he was defeated by Destry Russell of Chase County by fall in 4:41.
Hitchcock County
Dylan Kollmorgen fell to Tyson Freeman in the consolation semifinals in 1:39 at 150 pounds.
Jayden Loghry fell to Trey Broker of Southern Valley in 4:49 at 285 pounds.
Medicine Valley
Hunter Koetter fell in the second round of the consolation bracket to Luke Harper of Sutherland in 2:24 at 144 pounds.
Southern Valley
At 106 pounds, Bryton Stalder placed 3rd to Canon Williamson of Alma in 2:15.
Chase Hamilton placed 3rd at 126 pounds defeating Thomas Ord of RCBH by fall in 4:09.
At 157 pounds, Sam Bantam placed 2nd to Luis Co of Chase County by tech fall.
At 190 pounds, Nate Grilli placed 3rd over Kreyton Wiese of Wauneta-Palisade by fall in 3:39.
Colby Noel placed 2nd to Colton Stover of Norton by major decision, 16-3, at 215 pounds.
At 285, Trey Broeker placed 4th to Jacen Smith of Arapahoe after a 6-0 decision.
Sutherland
At 120 pounds, Scotty Anderson placed 1st over Alma's Tucker Brandyberry by tech fall.
Oliver Nutter placed 1st at 132 pounds by defeating Carter Horner of Loomis by tech fall.
At 144 pounds, Luke Harper placed 3rd over Calvin Carraher of Franklin due to a medical forfeit.
Ryker Copeland placed 3rd over Jacob Jackson of Franklin by fall in 4:02 at 165 pounds.
Wauneta-Palisade
At 175 pounds, David Bryner placed 3rd over Ryan Davis of SC/F by fall in 2:56.
At 190 pounds, Kreyton Wiese placed 4th as he fell to Nate Grilli of Southern Valley in 3:39.
Alma will be back in action next Friday, the 20th, when they host a quad with Bertrand, Lawrence Nelson, and Arapahoe. Hitchcock County will head to Burwell on the 20th. Sutherland will travel to Morrill on the 19th for a triangular and will host an invite on the 20th, and Medicine Valley and Wauneta-Palisade will also be in attendance.
It was an excellent day of wrestling at Southern Valley. We'd like to thank Southern Valley for their hospitality and our wonderful advertisers for sponsoring the event so we at the RPAC Rundown could cover it. We will be covering the Fran Jorgensen Invite in Cambridge on December 21st. Also, we plan to have coverage during RPAC Wrestling in Cambridge on January 25th. We look forward to highlighting those meets, too!
